Which motoring laws would you change?

Imagine you’re all-powerful for a day. We’ve all done it. World peace? A given. Incurable diseases? History. But what about motoring? Which laws would you throw on the scrap heap or alter? And which would you bring in? We asked people in and around the motor industry.

The Government really does make the laws but it doesn’t always get them right. Mike Bowman, director of Green Flag, said: “I’m not sure if the abolition of the paper tax disc was a legal change but we are finding significant numbers of drivers without tax when we attend breakdowns.”

Speed limits are always an emotive subject and featured heavily. President of the AA, Edmund King, said: “I’d abolish the 70mph maximum limit on motorways and change it to 80mph, enforced in good weather.”

Hugh Bladon from the Alliance of British Drivers (ABD) added: “I would abolish all 20mph zones. No one takes any notice of them; they’ve done...